Machine fob mixing moktab



rU'rn srnfrns BENJAMIN F. FIELD, OF BELOT, WISCONSIN.

MACHINE ron MIXING MORTAL Specification of Letters Patent No. 15,847, dated October 7, 1856.

To all whom it may @0n-cern:

Be it known that I, -BENJAMiN F. FIELD, of Beloit, in the county of Rock and State of lVisconsin, have inventedy a new and useful Machine. for Mixing' hlortnr; and I do hereby declare t-hgit the following is a true and full description of my invention, reiference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, the same letters referring to the same parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the mnchine; Fig. 2, a section taken vacross the frame behind the cylinder, showing the top of the cylinder raised. Fig. 3, a side elevation of the machine; Fig. 4, a section, across the cylinder with the top of the cylinder raised; Fig. 5, stirrers and clearers that may be used in place of the rods K K, 8:0., (F ig. 4,) if desired.'

A and B represent a hollow cylinder made in two parts, of which A is the top part and B the bottom part, the bottoni yparte being more than one half of the cylinder; C C, &c., the frame resting upon the gudgeons (or axle) of the cylinder A B, the top part of which has attached to it Wheels, chains,&c., for raising the top part of the cylinder When it is to he iilled and also when it is to he emptied; D D, rims (or ellies) attached'to the cylinder (A B) upon which it rolls as the machine is dragged along the ground; E E, chains (or ropes) for raising the top part of the cylinder (A) (Figl 2' and Figi 4,-) F F, pulleys; G and H, crank gears, Src., for Winding up the chains (E E g) I I,

gudgeons (or axles) attached to the ends of the hollenr cylinder (A B) 'turning in the boxes J J as the cylinder rolls along, and eX- tending through the Wheels P P' and also through the hubs (NA N-g) J J, boxes ab tached to the frame and holding it upon the cylinder; K K, &c., rods extending through the cylinder lengthwise at diilerent distances from the center; L (Fig. 5,) stire rers and .clearers att-ached .to bar M which may he used instead of the hars K K, duc.,

theL har M extending through one of the gudgeons of the cylinder that Would require to he made hollow for the purpose; M, har holding stirrers and clearers L L; N N, hubs :tast upon the gudgeons l I; O O, clamps for holding the parts of the' cylinder A B together when closed; P P, Wheels mede ai little smaller than the rims (or fellies) D D on 'th-e cylinder to hold up the machine whenr the top part- A of the cylinder is raised and the bottom part B is turned over to dis-y charge the loads; Q. Q., levers and pins to secure the Wheels P P to the hubs N when the load is to be discharged; B, the-tongue.

That part of my machine which is represented in the drawings as a cylinder (ACB) may be made with fiat sides instead olf .curvedones if preferred and it may he constructed of Wood or of metal.; hut if of the former it should loe lined with sheet iron Aboth to make it more durable and to prevent the mortar from sticking to the sides of it. )When Wood alone .is used may he found best to use, 1n place of the mixing rods KK (Fig. 4) stirrers and Scrapers (Fig. 5) at! Wings) so as to be firmly secured to the heads of the cylinder hy bolts or in any other Way that shall loe equally strong; but I do not. confine myself to any peculiar construct-ion in these subordinate parts of my machine.

The Wheels-P P are loose upon the axles II except when the load is to he discharged, when they are made fast to it hy means of the lhubs N N and the hars and pins attached to them.

The clamps (O O) are at their lower ends hooked to the hott-oni part B of the cylinder and are kept in place by hooks und springs attached to the upper part of cylinder'.

The rods K K (F ig. 4f) may he placed crosswise' of 'the cylinder instead of length- Wise as representedY and produce in some degree the same effect in mixing the mortar.

Theoperetion of my manhine is as follows: It is taken tothe sund bank and placed with the top part of the cylinder A uppermost; the clamps O O are unhooled ,tached to the upper partl of the trame (ff.

The-bottom part of the cylinder B is then nearly filled With sand, lime, and water in the proper proportions, after which the top is replaced-and secured hy the clumps() O. It is next drawn to the place `Where the mortar is to be used, the cylinder rolling llO along the ground upon its rims or fellies D 1), the/Wheels P P, which are like com mon cart Wheels, being loose upon the axles I Iy and riding clear of the level ground. A short distance Will be found' sufficient to' mix the mortar in the most thorough and effectual manner.

NV hen the machine is to be unloaded' the i clan-ipsa@ O and the top of the cylinderA' are removed as for filling and the Wheels I l) are made fast by the hubs NN to the gudgeons or axles I I of the cylinder. As the machine is novv drawn forward the bot,r tom part of Jhe cylinder B is turned over the wheels P P supporting the Whole ma-` chine and being fast to the gudgeons I I secure the complete revolution of the bottom parl; of the cylinder B While thev load is dropped upon the ground.

What I claim and desire to secure by Let- The use of a revolving boX of a cylindrical or other form made to roll upon the ground for the purpose of mixing the mortar by the action of the cross rods substantially as described While at the Sametime it serves to carry the material from place to place in `combination with the method substantially as described for discharging the mortar from the revolving box.

BENJAMIN'F. FIELD. Witnesses:

WM. D. ARNOLD, EVP. KING. 

